I'll be honest. The minute I heard the title of Tanya Stone's new novel - "A Bad Boy Can Be Good For A Girl" - I was hooked.  Now that, my friends, is a great title.  Or at least the kind of title that can reel me in right away. Okay, maybe I am a sucker for bad boys (I never take the practical road), but you have to admit the premise is intriguing: three very different girls who learn about female empowerment after dating the same player. 

Here's  our interview with Ms. Stone:

1) What was the inspiration for your book?
 
The title. Once the title hit me, I was off and running. I had a lot to say about what that title could mean. What do we learn from those experiences we have with people who aren't good for us? How can a bad boy be good for a girl?

2) Are you working on something now?
 
Several things! I'm proofing the final pages for a picture book about Elizabeth Cady Stanton called Elizabeth Leads the Way. I'm doing a final read for a Young Adult biography of Ella Fitzgerald (both of these will be out next spring), and I'm in the process of writing a nonfiction book about the women who began astronaut training in 1961, only to be kept from officially joining the program--and my next Young Adult novel.

3) What is something about you that would surprise your readers?
 
Perhaps that I'm as passionate about nonfiction as I am about fiction. I love going back and forth between the two. My brain works better that way.

 

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